Imagine that a state government is considering the construction of a new state office building to consolidate state operations. Its estimate of the total costs and the total benefits of building a 4- 6-, 8-or 10-story building is shown in the table below. (All figures are in millions of dollars.) Total Cost Total Benefit Project (S) (S) No building 4-story building 7 8 6-story building 16 23 8-story building 24 28 10-story building 34 31 i. Compute the marginal cost and the marginal benefit of the 4-, 6-, 8-, and 10-story buildings. Should the state build a new office building? If so, what size building ii. be the totol honofit
Imagine that a state government is considering the construction of a new state office building to consolidate state operations. Its estimate of the total costs and the total benefits of building a 4- 6-, 8-or 10-story building is shown in the table below. (All figures are in millions of dollars.) Total Cost Total Benefit Project (S) (S) No building 4-story building 7 8 6-story building 16 23 8-story building 24 28 10-story building 34 31 i. Compute the marginal cost and the marginal benefit of the 4-, 6-, 8-, and 10-story buildings. Should the state build a new office building? If so, what size building ii. be the totol honofit
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Imagine that a state government is considering the construction of a new state office
building to consolidate state operations. Its estimate of the total costs and the total
benefits of building a 4- 6-, 8-or 10-story building is shown in the table below. (All
figures are in millions of dollars.)
Total Cost
Total Benefit
Project
(S)
(S)
No building
4-story building
7
8
6-story building
16
23
8-story building
24
28
10-story building
34
31
i.
Compute the marginal cost and the marginal benefit of the 4-, 6-, 8-,
and 10-story buildings.
Should the state build a new office building? If so, what size building
and what will be the total benefit, total cost, and net benefit to society?
ii.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8f97a002-b529-4f7d-84e0-23025b96662f%2F551fadcd-3ebb-4d79-b3e6-cec0d8c9963f%2Fxrexa1r_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Imagine that a state government is considering the construction of a new state office
building to consolidate state operations. Its estimate of the total costs and the total
benefits of building a 4- 6-, 8-or 10-story building is shown in the table below. (All
figures are in millions of dollars.)
Total Cost
Total Benefit
Project
(S)
(S)
No building
4-story building
7
8
6-story building
16
23
8-story building
24
28
10-story building
34
31
i.
Compute the marginal cost and the marginal benefit of the 4-, 6-, 8-,
and 10-story buildings.
Should the state build a new office building? If so, what size building
and what will be the total benefit, total cost, and net benefit to society?
ii.
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